10.30-10.45 AM-Tea Break

10.45 AM-12.15 PM SESSION 2—THE USE OF BOTANICAL KNOWLEDGE

Joseph B. Powell (UC-Santa Barbara & Louisiana State University): Actor-networks and collaborative plant breeding in Northwest Portugal: an evaluation of farmer – plant breeder interaction (**NB: Due to unforeseen circumstances, this paper will not be presented at the conference.)

3.00-3.15 PM-Tea break

3.15-5.15 PM SESSION 4—NEW ONTOLOGIES

Coupaye, Ludovic (UCL): ‘Old Pots and New Broths:’ Ontology and Chaine Opératoire. The Example of Long Yam Cultivation among the Ambulas (Abelam) Speakers of Nyamikum (East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea)

Kay E Lewis Jones (University of Kent & Kew): Banking on Biodiversity and what it means to conserve a wild seed in the anthropocene: perceptions of threat and value in a conservation network